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ADAM assess, or PHILLIPSBURG, NEW JERSEY, Lettera Patent No. 64,797, dated Zlfay'14, 1867.

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To ALL WHOM IT-MAY OONOERN:

Be it known'that I, ADAM R. Ransn, of Phillipsburg, in the county of Warren, and State. of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Harvester; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thercof, .which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the. some, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this-specification, in which- Figure-1, Sheet No. 1, is a plan ortop view of iny'invcntiou. I

Figure 2, ShetNo. 2, a side sectional view of the same taken in the-line :ra', fig. 1.

Figure 3, a detached rear view of the mechanism by which the platform is operated.

Figure 4, a detached side view of the mechanism by which the discharging movement of the grain-platform is regulated. V i i Figure 5, a section of fig. 3 taken in the line 3/ y, fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts/ This invention relates to a new and improved means for discharging out grain from harvesters with a side delivery. The invention consists in a moving and dumping grain-platform provided with fingers, and arranged and operated in such a manner as to gather up the short and lodged grain and throw it upon the platform pre-' rious to the backward and discharge movement of the latter. Thcinvention also consists in a means-for regulating the discharge movement of the grain-platform, whcrebythe grain may be dumped or discharged in gavels of unifornn size for binding, whether the crop be light or heavy." The invention further consists in a novel arrangement of the means employed for supporting the out grain while the platform is moving back to discharge its load.

' A represents the main frame of the machine, which is supported on two wheels, B B, and O is the fingerbar, connected by bars D D to the main frame, the finger-bar being at the right-hand side of the rear of the machine, and being allowed to rise and fall to accommodate itself to the inequalities of 'surfaoe over which it may pass in consequence of the ends of the bars D D being connected to the main frame by joints. This,

however, forms no part of the invention. E represeutsa curved bar which projects frqm the rear side of the finger-bar, and has a. hook, a, at its rear end; and F is a curved bar which is attached to the inner end of the fihgcvbar. This bar F has a. segment-liar, G, permanently secured to it, and to this segment-bar G aflange, H, is secured, said flange being incline'ddownward from the inner towards the outer end of bar G, as shown clearly in fi gf3. I is a pivoted flange also attached to bar G directly over flange H. The position of these flanges is shown clearly in fig. 3. J is'a bar which has a series of arms, 6, projecting obliquely from its rear side. At the front edgeof the bar J therejs placed a shaft, K, which is allowed to turn freely in bearings, c, said shaft having a series of fingers, cl, attached to it at equal distances apart,'and extending along its whole length, and also having a crank-arm L secured to its inner end, the outerendof-said crank-arm being connected by a pitman, M, with a crank, N, on a shaft, 0, which is attached toa post, I, secured to one of ,the bars D. The inner end of the bar Jis Red on a small shaft, Q, the outer end of which is provided with a collar, 0, said collar working on a vertigo/i stud,f, on the outer end ofthe bar F. The bar J, withits arms 6, constitutes the grain-platform in which the cut grain falls, and it has a reciprocating motion imparted to it'by means of the pitman M and crank N. To the inner end of the bar J there is attached a curved arm, R, having a frictionroller, g, on its end, which works on the flange H; As the grain-platform moves backward it rests upon the curvedbar E, and the roller 9 of the arm It works over the top of the pivoted'flange I, and drops from the end thereof down upon the fiangc H, when the bar J of the grain-platform arrives at the hook a of the curved bar E, and the arms 6 consequently drop, so that the out grain will be discharged in a line with the side oi the machine. This is effected in consequence of the grain-platform moving'invthc are of a circle, the extent of'the outward movement being shown in red in fig. 1. As the grain-platform is drawn forward thcfrictionroller 9 passes underneath the pivoted flange I and raises it. The pitm'nn M being connected to the crank-arm L of the shaft K, the fingers d are turned up to a vertical position as the grain-platform is moved backward, and these fingers, in being turned up, gather in the short grain and that which is lodged, and thrbw it-hack upon the platformand retain it there until the platform is dumped or tilted down, .the fingers'ol being drawn down. to a-horizontal position, under the action of the pitman, when the grain platform is drawn forward. T

the outer end of the finger-bar a track-clearer, S, is attached,- and the outermost arm 5 of the bar J has' the,

pivoted fingers h I attached to it, connected at their lower ends by abhr, the forward end of whichis bent upward and outward, and adapted to strike a ehoulder'on the lower side of ,thc clearer S, and throw up the fingers, which prev'erits the grainv from. fallingofi' fromthe outer end of the platform and lodging'betwecn the clearer and grain-platform. On the backward motion of the grain-platform the fingers drop by their own gravity. These fingcrs'prevent the grain from falling ofi from the out-er end of the platform. While the grainplati'orm is being moved backward in order to discharge .its lead, the grain is supported by a. bar, T, provided with teeth 1', having an oblique position; This bar T is secured at one end to an arm, U, the upper end of which. is forked and fitted loosely on the. shaftj of the reel V. Wis, a lever, the .fulcrum, k, of which is on an upright, X, attached to the finger-bar C. This lever extends upward behind the arm U, and each time the grain-platform is drawn forward to the finger-batto receive the cut grain the crank-arm L comics in contact with the lower end of the lever W, and causes its upper endtc throw upward the toothed bar T and cause the grain which it received during the backward or discharge movemeht of the grain-platform to fall upon the grain-platform. As the grain-platform is moved backward to discharge its load the toothed. bar-falls to receive the cut grain and hold it until the graiu'platform again moves forward. The tecth-i'of the bar T are a. greatimprovemcnt, as they, in connection with bar '1, afford an ample support for thc'cut grain'during the backward-movement of the grain-platform. On the shaft 0, on which the crank N works, there is placed a dohble-grooved pulley, Y, which is driven by a belt from the axle of the whcels B B. The reelis also driven by a belt from this pulley. The pulley Y is placed loosely on the shaft 0, the latter being fixed, and the crank.

N is placed 'loosely on said shaft, the inner cn d of the crank being providcd'with a hub having ratchet-teeth, j*,'with which, teeth lc on thc'outer side of the pulley'Y engage, (see figs. 1 and 5.) The inner side of the pulley Y has a wheel, Z, attached to it, and said wheel has a spiral groove, 1, in its inner side, extending from its centre to its periphery. Z is a vertical rod which is allowed to slide freely in bearings, an, attached to the post P, the lower end of said rod having a pin, 7:,- projccting horizontally from it, and extending into groove 1. A is also a sliding rod fitted in bearings, 0, attached to the post P, and having a pin,p, projecting horizontally from its lower end, said pin projecting over the periphery of the wheel Z, the lower end of the red A" extending down'by the'side of the wheel Z, as shownin fig. 5. The periphery of thefwheel Z has a projection, q, attached, and within the spiral groove I there is secured a projectioma'. This projection should be secured in the groove in such a manner that it may be detachcdand ,fitted in any part of the same. The pulley Y and wheel Z have a continuous rotary motion," but the crank has an intermittent one given it,-as follows: At each.

revolution of the pulley Y and wheel Z the projection r, coines in contact'with the pin a at the lower end of rod Z, and slides the pulley and wheel on the shaft 0, so that the teeth 7:: of the pulley will come incontaet with the ratchet-teeth j of the crank, and cause the latter to rotate, the pulley being retained in gear with the crank by means of the lower end of the rod A, which slips down by the side of the wheel Z. The pulley thus connected with the crankinakcs one revolution, and the projection q then raises the rod A, and a fork, B, actuated by a. spring, 8, throws t c pulley Y out of gear with the crank, which remains stationary until the projection r in thegroovc I again comes in contact with the pin a of the rod Z, when the pulleyis connected with the crank as before. Thus an'intermittent motion is communicated to the grain-platform, and the nioyenicnt of tho'lat-ter may be made atgrcater or less intervals, according to the size of the gavels'required to be discharged, or to suit the condition of the crop, according as the same is light or heavy, by changing the position oi'.the projection 1* in the spiral groove Z.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pate nt----- V 1. The fingers h, pivoted to the bar'b, operating in combination withthe clearer S, substantially as and for the purpose specified. l

2(The shaft K provided with fingers d, and arranged to operate in connection with the grain -platforin, substantially as and'for the purpose specified. I

3. The grain-supporting bar T, provided with the oblique teeth 1', and raised and lowered automatically from the grain-platform, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. I claim, in combination with a harvesting machine, an automatic gavel regulator, so constructedthat it can be set so as to make the 'gavcls at such different regular distances apart as desired, substantially as set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed byme this 23d day of April, 1866.

. ADAM R. REESE.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMAP-A, 'ALnx. F. Rosnars, 

